and david frum is a former speechwriter for president george w. bush and a senior editor at "the atlantic." thanks for joining us. annie, let me start with you just on the basics. that threat from trump today via twitter to close down the southern border, his chief of staff there, new chief of staff mick mulvaney saying, hey, this is serious. what is your sense, what is your reporting? twitter bluster or is there a potential plan that could be implemented here that would actually close that border? >> for now my reporting shows that this is the latest sign that he is just not backing down from his demands. this is just putting his foot on the pedal trying to get the democrats to agree to money to fund the wall. the latest sign that they are just in this intractable position and aren't planning to move from it. other administration officials have met with democratic leaders over the past week, last saturday, and offered -- hinted that there could be room for negotiation. this is the president saying he really doesn't mind keeping the government shu

capitalizing on this trend david. frum single. political affiliation is a decisive factor when looking for a partner on his days. since trump's inauguration the site has signed on over fifty thousand subscribers the division is going to be there no matter what this is hoping people that are that are being affected by the vision be able to find what the los angeles san francisco philadelphia new york places like so that's where we actually have a lot of reach is in those areas because you know if you're a republican supporter and you're trying to date a democratic area it's very hard to find that person so we hope that those people together. political dating sites also exist in britain the app remained it is for those who oppose bricks. experts believe selecting part this based on their political views will become an international trend. when we think about the early days of internet dating it really did start with the united states but other countries around the world the u.k. germany china their on line dating is huge for them as

david frum called it his "i'm not a crook" tweet. what's your reaction to that? >> it's not quite as dramatic as nixon's "i'm not a crook." i think we'll get there with trump, and it will get more blatant. but he's clearly -- you know, there's a clear pattern here. he denies at first that anything's amiss, and when it's revealed that he's done something amiss, then of course it's nothing illegal about it. it's standard operating procedure. so he knows his guilt. he's not willing to accept it at this point. >> yeah. susan, can i show this to you? all of you guys look at it. look at this enthusiastic bro shake, right, between the saudi crown prince and russia's president. it's seen around the world. what else can you read into it? look at them. what kind of message is that sending to the world and to the president? >> well, the message is received by all of us crystal clear, you know. the answer is somebody tweeted -- and i think it's impunity. these are two of the worst bad actors on the world stage today. they appear to be openly congratulating each other for lit

david frum, what the other david is saying it gets to something i ask a lot.trump so much? i think it's what zerdlic is saying. >> when people say you cover donald trump too much, donald trump has the potential to end organized human life on this planet in seven minutes. >> you're talking about nuclear weapons. >> yeah. and he's one of three human beings on earth who have the power to end human life on this plan m. if you believe who this person is, if there's evidence this person is mentally unstable or criminal, that's news worthy. look, i think there's an opposite danger for journalists. the ap headline that read, trump says he is cleared -- i'm not going to be able to quote this exactly verbatim. >> it's the worst. why are we still publishing headlines that are just, quote, a liar? >> so the president said two things. there were people chanting we want trump, citing a tape taken at a rally of ney fascists in london, three of them. and the president also said the lesson of world war i and world war ii a united army does not work. the point is that the presi

david frum is a speech writer. he's the author of trumpocracy. thanks for being here today. ast night and throughout today's coverage we talked a lot about remembering president bush. when you look at that arrival, that rarity of those people together, what struck you? >> i thought as i watched the handshake of that scene in it's a wonderful life, the christmas movie where jimmy stewart shakes lionel's hand to say what have i just done. i think there was some of that feeling especially for michelle obama. i have been struck at watching the funeral proceedings at how we remember and what we don't remember. one of the things that has been bothering me and this maybe because i grew up there. even though there was a canadian prime minister that george bush's environmental record, one of his most important achievements which is the overcoming of acid rain, maybe the most important problem of that period omitted from the discussion. i used to be a gigantic problem. it's a problem, maybe the solution was so complete that it obliterated memory of the problem. >> what about that encou

and featured former white house press secretary sean spicer filipino journalist maria ressa and david frum the committee to prop protectionists watch it on al-jazeera dot com. now to the democratic republic of congo where thousands of people's millions in facts of people across the country should have been voting this sunday to elect a new leader to replace president joseph kabila but ballot papers for the long awaited presidential election have just arrived in the capital kinshasa they needed to replace almost four million others which were destroyed by a fire last week the blaze in kinshasa also left eight thousand voting machines damage there's been protests since the announcement that the election has been postponed by a week as week to catherine sawyer who is live from kinshasa now so catherine the good news is that the ballot papers have finally arrived in kinshasa but does doesn't mean that the logistical problems surrounding this election are over. well you you're right it is a relief that these people arrived it was supposed to arrive yes the day on saturday so a lot of people are